[Koha] multiple instances of koha

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Jenice S. Tate <jtate at mdah.state.ms.us> wrote:
> Does anyone know if you can create another instance of koha (for training
> and development) on the same server as your live instance without messing
> with your live instance

Yes, this is quite doable, assuming that your server has enough disk
space to store the additional database and has enough RAM and CPU
capacity that peak use of the test instance doesn't take away from the
production instance.

The easiest way to set this up is to install Koha from the koha-common
Debian package [1].  You can then use the koha-create command to add
instances.

One thing to note with that setup, however, is that all of the
instances are perforce going to be at exactly the same version of
Koha.  If you want to test a different version of Koha, having a
separate server or virtual machine for the test instance would be
easier to manage.

[1] http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_3.x_on_Debian_Squeeze

Regards,

Galen
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